<<

National Irish & Northern Bank

www.nib.ie www.nbonline.co.uk

Copenhagen, December 14, 2004 Table of contents

• Overview of National Irish Bank and Northern Bank • Structure 3 • Financial highlights 5 • Product offerings 6 • Key operating financials 7 • Balance sheet and regulatory capital 8

• National Irish Bank • Business overview 10 • Competitors 11 • Market shares & positions 12 • Branches 13 • Key operating financials 14 • Overview of loan book 15 • Loan loss provisions 16

• Northern Bank • Business overview 18 • Major competitors 19 • Market shares & positions 20 • Branches 21 • Key operating financials 22 • Overview of loan book 23 • Loan loss provisions 24 2 Overview of National Irish Bank & Northern Bank

Detailed organisational structure

National Australia Bank Limited

National Australia Group Europe Limited

National Europe National Europe Holdings (Wealth Holdings Limited Management) Limited

National Europe National Europe Northern Bank Holdings (GB) Holdings (Ireland) Services Limited Limited Limited

Clydesdale Bank Northern Bank National Irish Bank Plc PLC & Group Limited & Group Limited & Group & Group Companies Companies Companies Companies

Not included in sale Included in sale To be transferred

3 Overview of National Irish Bank & Northern Bank

Business areas

NIB & NB

Personal Business financial services Wealth Management Other

• Largest operating unit • Second-largest • Wealth Management • ALM activities operating unit comprises four areas: • Represents 51% of • Funding and placement total operating income • Accounts for 39% of - Financial advice of liquidity group total operating (financial advice • Accounts for 45% of • Cost centre income through sales teams) total lending and 61% of deposits • Represents 37% of - Insurance services group deposits and (marketing and • 552,000 retail 55% of lending distribution of third- customers (May 2004) party manufactured • 30,000 corporate • Three customer insurance) customers segments: Retail, - Investment services Premium and offshore • Four customer (management of banking segments: Package investment platform) business, Custom business, Corporate - Trustee and Executor and Agriculture services (discretionary investment management) 4 Overview of National Irish Bank & Northern Bank

Overview of NIB and NB - Focus on personal and business financial services

Y/E Sept. 30, 2004 NIB & NB

Personal Financial Services Business Financial Services Wealth Management Other

GBPm GBPm GBPm GBPm • Total income 148.3 • Total income 115.0 • Total income 12.2 • Total income 9.8 • Direct costs 49.4 • Direct costs 19.8 • Direct costs 6.0 • Direct costs 37.0 • Contribution • Contribution • Contribution • Contribution after bad debts 95.7 after bad debts 91.5 after bad debts 6.2 after bad debts -27.4

Contribution Total income Direct cost (after bad debts)

4 8 3 Personal Financial services

42 26 Business Financial services 54 47 49 66 Wealth Management

5 Overview of National Irish Bank & Northern Bank

Product offerings

• Savings accounts • Car finance Retail • Personal loans • Mortgages • Credit cards • Financial planning

HNW • Investment management

• Home (Northern and NIB) • Travel (Northern only) Insurance1 • Motor (Northern only) • Life and critical illness (Northern only)

• Financing • Leasing • Business accounts • Risk management Business • Credit/debit cards • International services • Overdraft • Specialised agribusiness services • Treasury 1For Northern Bank, life and critical illness insurance is underwritten by Legal & General, while the remainder (travel, motor, home) is underwritten by National Australia Insurance Services. For NIB, home insurance policies are underwritten6 by Allianz Corporate Ireland. Overview of National Irish Bank & Northern Bank

Key operating financials - Pro forma for NIB & NB

P&L consolidated (GBPm) 2001 2002 2003 2004 Net interest income 185 194 200 198 Other operating income 91 92 89 87 Total operating income 276 287 289 285 Total costs 153 158 161 174 Core earnings before provisions 123 129 128 111 Provisions for bad debts 6 8 5 7 Pro forma profit before tax 117 120 122 104 Tax 35 35 34 30 Pro forma profit after tax 82 85 88 74

Cost/Income Ratio ROE (after tax) 61.1% 55.6% 55.1% 55.8% 21.9% 20.8% 20.8% 17.0%

2001 2002 2003 2004 2001 2002 2003 2004

7 Overview of National Irish Bank & Northern Bank

Balance sheet & reg. capital - Pro forma for NIB & NB

Consolidated balance sheet (Sept. avg) (GBPm) 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total core lending 4,252 4,476 4,823 5,147 Total assets 5,735 5,960 6,415 7,004 Total core deposits 3,909 4,015 4,362 4,577 Total liabilities 5,341 5,548 5,978 6,551 Shareholders' equity 393 412 436 453 Total liabilities and shareholders' equity 5,735 5,960 6,415 7,004

Consolidated regulatory capital (Sept.) (GBPm) 2001 2002 2003 2004 Tier 1 capital 343 365 395 397 Eligible tier 2 capital 194 196 198 227 Total capital 538 561 592 623 Risk weighted assets 4,056 4,243 4,467 4,673 Tier 1 ratio (%) 8.5 8.6 8.8 8.5 Total capital ratio (%) 13.3 13.2 13.3 13.3

8 National Irish Bank www.nib.ie Business overview

• Head office: • Important market position in Ireland behind two majors • 59 branches and 13 business banking centres • Increasing focus on HNW and larger SMEs • Customers: • 134,000 retail • 25,000 premium • 8,000 business banking customers • 742 full-time employees

10 National Irish Bank

Major competitors

Bank of Ireland www.boi.ie Allied Irish (AIB) www.aib.ie Permanent TSB www.permanenttsb.ie www.ulsterbank.ie www.firstactive.ie

11 National Irish Bank

Market shares & positions

Share Position Retail Current accounts 3% #5 Savings accounts 1% #8 Mortgages 2% #9 Personal lending 1% #5 Credit cards 3% #6 Corporate SME 4% #4

Source: National Irish Bank and Northern Bank 12 Branches

d Bank Donegal h lan nk 8 a Iris f Ire B l ctive o r A te t irs Bank AIB PermanentUls tsb Nationa F Carlow4331 1 Cavan63494 Leitrim Monaghan Clare1173211 Sligo 5 1 1 Cork 30 50 24 7 2 5 Cavan Mayo Louth Donegal 14 17 6 9 8 1 4 1 1 Roscommon-- Dublin 54 56 31 31 18 21 1 Longford 1 Meath Galway 20 16 9 6 2 1 Westmeath 2 Kerry 9 19 8 3 1 1 2 Dublin Galway 18 Kildare9106812 2 Kildare Kilkenny 5 11 2 2 1 1 Offaly 1 Laois 8321 1 Wicklow Laois 1 Leitrin43215 Clare Limerick 14 19 5 5 2 2 1 Carlow Tipperary Kilkenny Longford51331 Limerick 1 1 Louth 454412 Mayo 14 12 9 8 1 2 2 Wexford 1 Meath1563421 Monaghan543411 Kerry Waterford 1 1 Household disposable income Offaly 6433 1 Cork (relative to state average) Roscommon73431 2 109.8 to 116.7 Sligo 453411 Tipperary 11 16 10 3 1 4 102.9 to 109.8 Waterford9115312 Westmeath644522 96.0 to 102.9 Wexford754411 Average household disposable income: 89.1 to 96.0 Wicklow854311 €15,953 Total 289 298 164 136 59 55 Source: Goldman Sachs 82.2 to 89.1 13 National Irish Bank

Key operating financials

CAGR (%) Y/E Sept. 30 (GBPm) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2001-2004 Net interest income 50.1 52.7 60.1 63.8 8.4 Other operating income 19.8 20.7 19.7 18.6 -2.1 Total operating income 70.0 73.4 79.8 82.4 5.6 Direct costs* 34.7 34.7 34.9 35.9 1.1 Contribution 35.2 38.8 44.9 46.5 9.7 Provisions for bad debts 2.1 3.9 -1.1 2.7 Contribution after bad debts 33.2 34.9 46.1 43.8 9.7

C/I ratio 49.6%

47.3%

43.7% 43.6%

*Excluding recharges 2001 2002 2003 2004 For the ease of comparison NIB’s financials are stated in GBP 14 National Irish Bank

Overview of loan book

Core lending (GBPm) Portfolio composition (30 Aug., 2004) CAGR Sept. avg. 2001 2004 01-04 Manufacturing 4% Financial institutions 2% Agricultural 4% Overdrafts/revolving line of credit 139.6 130.6 -2.2% Entertainment and leisure Total installment/term lending 645.3 955.6 14.0% 5% Total mortgages 469.0 776.4 18.3% Personal lending and Factoring/invoice discounting 27.2 19.3 -10.8% credit cards 8% Housing Lease finance 36.2 79.4 30.0% 41% Credit cards 24.1 33.3 11.3% Wholesale and retail Total core lending 1,341.4 1,994.5 14.1% 11%

Property & construction 25%

15 National Irish Bank

Provisions for bad and doubtful debts

GBPm 2001 2002 2003 2004 Provisions for bad and doubtful debts 2.1 3.9 -1.1 2.7

Core lending (Sept. avg.) 1,341 1,472 1,777 1,995 Non-performing loans 17 13 17 18

Loan loss provisions/core lending (bp) 16 26 -6 14 Non performing loans/core lending (%) 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.9

16 Northern Bank www.nbonline.co.uk Business overview

• Head office: • One of the largest branch network in • 95 branches, 5 agencies and 13 business banking centres • Customers: • 349,000 retail • 44,000 premium • 22,000 business banking • 2,101 full-time employees

18 Northern Bank

Major competitors

Ulster Bank www.ulsterbank.co.uk First Trust www.firsttrustbank.co.uk www.boi.com

19 Northern Bank

Market shares & positions

Share Position Retail Current accounts 21% #2 Savings accounts 13% #3 Mortgages 5% #6 Personal lending 8% #4 Credit cards 12% #3 Corporate SME 36% #1

Source: National Irish Bank and Northern Bank 20 Branches

nk a Londonderry B t s 10 ru T of Ireland Antrim rthern t 39 lster Banko rs County U N Fi Bank Antrim 42 39 26 9 Belfast Tyrone Down 22 24 12 11 11 Tyrone 10 11 6 5 Fermanagh Londonderry 14 10 8 10 Armagh Down 4 Armagh 7735 7 24 Fermanagh 4 4 1 3 Total 99 95 56 43

Source: Goldman Sachs 21 Northern Bank

Key operating financials

CAGR (%) Y/E Sept. 30 (GBPm) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2001-2004 Net interest income 135.2 141.6 139.7 134.1 -0.3 Other operating income 71.6 73.7 72.1 72.1 0.2 Total operating income 206.8 215.3 211.8 206.2 -0.1 Direct costs* 77.3 73.4 73.3 76.4 -0.4 Contribution 129.5 141.9 138.5 129.8 0.1 Provisions for bad debts 3.8 4.5 6.7 4.2 Contribution after bad debts 125.7 137.3 131.8 125.6 0.0

C/I ratio

37.4% 37.1%

34.6% 34.1%

2001 2002 2003 2004 *Excluding recharges 22 Northern Bank

Overview of loan book

Core lending (GBPm) Portfolio composition (30 Aug., 2004) CAGR Sept. avg. 2001 2004 01-04 Mining 3% Other 4% Overdrafts/revolving line of credit 514.6 601.9 5.4% Entertainment and leisure 3% Total installment/term lending 1,182.9 1,102.7 -2.3% Financial institutions 4% Total mortgages 978.6 1,208.9 7.3% Manufacturing 6% Factoring/invoice discounting 54.2 42.0 -8.1% Housing 32% Lease finance 114.3 128.9 4.1% Wholesale Credit cards 66.3 68.1 0.9% and retail 8% Total core lending 2,910.9 3,152.4 2.7%

Personal lending and credit cards Property & 8% Agricultural construction 10% 22%

23 Northern Bank

Provision for bad and doubtful debts

GBPm 2001 2002 2003 2004 Provisions for bad and doubtful debts 3.8 4.5 6.7 4.2

Core lending (Sept. avg.) 2,911 3,004 3,046 3,152 Non-performing loans 43 21 20 19

Loan loss provisions/core lending (bp) 13 15 22 13 Non performing loans/core lending (%) 1.5 0.7 0.7 0.6

24 For more information, please visit

www.danskebank.com/irireland